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* America Online Inc. said three cyberspace brokerages--Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette’s DLJDirect, Toronto-Dominion Bank’s Waterhouse Securities Inc. and E+Trade Group Inc.--agreed to pay $25 million each for the privilege of being displayed on the online service’s popular personal finance site for two years.

* Pilots at US Airways Group Inc. approved pay rates for flying a new set of jumbo jets, paving the way for the sixth-largest U.S. airline to place a long-anticipated order worth an estimated $2 billion with Boeing Co. or its European rival, Airbus Industrie. The U.S. airline said it expects to announce which plane maker will get the order within days.